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Exactly. Fans can b*tch and moan all day about immeasurable things like pride and want-to and heart, but if you don't execute, you get beat. When you get beat, people (fans) start using things like "the eye test" to judge the team and come up with things like "they have no heart" or "they just gave up out there."
On Forsett's long run late in the second half of the Baltimore game, Cam Thomas got stood straight up at the LOS and essentially took out the other D-Lineman who were sliding down the line to make the play. One guy messing up caused a huge gap that allowed the RB to run through untouched. It's stuff like this that allows huge plays by the opposing offense to occur and leads to fans saying inflammatory things like "they have no heart, they just gave up!!!" That's why I called BS.
And to have good execution the coaches need to have the team ready Which, they didn't!!!! So this is all on Tomlin since this falls on him!! and not just this game but, he continue to have this team not focused in the summer and leading
up to the preseason.
My point was that Steelers teams in the past lost with prideful players. This "prideful issue" from a fan's perspective can change based on the w vs l record. Pride issue may also change on a week to week basis. For instance, if a team wins the players are prideful. If the team loses, the team has no pride.
You brought up pride as to suggest a reason why this team isn't executing. I don't buy that line of thinking after all these years of paying attention watching, listening to professionals, and to a lesser extent studying the game. What I do buy is that if a team executes by limiting mistakes, taking care of the football, and by being good on 3rd down offensively and defensively, then team increases it's chances of winning. Those are things that can be measured and proven. Pride cannot be measure or proven by fans that are looking from the outside in. People that play sports at any level are competitors. Players must be competitors to play sports at the highest level. IMO, by nature of being a competitor one must have pride.
You apparently admit that this team doesn't have the same caliber of talent of the team/teams in the past. IYO, how can this team execute as well as the teams in the past if they don't have the same caliber of talent? How can the coaches be as successful if they don't have the same caliber of talent?
The Steelers have enough talent to win in this league. What will generally separate them from other teams is their ability to execute on game days. The execution by just about every player on this team was terrible vs the Ravens.
"Prideful" ... is that a word, means same as "proud"? More letters/more syllables (if so) - why use that?
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